Bearsville | |
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 Baehr's Store, for which Bearsville was named | |
  Bearsville Location within the state of New York | |
| Coordinates:42°02′26.7″N74°09′18.7″W / 42.040750°N 74.155194°W /42.040750; -74.155194 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Ulster |
| Government part of town of Woodstock | |
| • Type | Unincorporated |
| Elevation | 600 ft (200 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
• Total | 700 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP codes | 12409 |
| Area code | 845 |
| GNIS feature ID | 943336 |
Bearsville is ahamlet inUlster County, New York, United States, in the town ofWoodstock. It is located alongNew York State Route 212, withinCatskill State Park and just to the west of thehamlet of Woodstock.[1]
Bearsville was named not for the numerous local black bears, but for German peddler and storekeeper Christian Baehr, who built a store on the Sawkill Creek in 1839.[2] Bearsville was the birth site of Grover Cleveland.[1]
Places of interest in Bearsville, or named for it, includeBearsville Records andBearsville Studios, and The Bearsville Theater and restaurant complex.[3]
The highest known temperature in Bearsville was 81 °F (27 °C), which occurred in 1995. The lowest temperature was −27 °F (−33 °C), recorded in 1994.[4][dubious –discuss]
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